Chapter 30: Emperor Wuhou's Followers
"Great! Emperor Wuhou has been transferred to the military department! Tiance Mansion is not in his hands, I want to see who else in the court is against my Shangguan family now! ”
In Shangguan's mansion, Shangguan Wu broke the armrest on the chair, and when he heard the news that Emperor Wu was in the main military department, he laughed.
"But father, Emperor Wuhou has been crowned king, aren't you worried?" Shangguan Yun on the side frowned and said in a deep voice.
"Hmph~ What can you do if you are a king? As long as Emperor Wuhou has no military power in his hands, it is like a tiger without minions. Can things above the court be the same as fighting on the battlefield? Now that Taifu is not in the court, he alone can't make much waves. ”
Shangguan Wu sneered.
However, Xu Changhai still has 200,000 Tiance troops in his hands. These people have been following Emperor Wuhou for hundreds of years. Whether Emperor Wuhou is the master of Tiance Mansion or not does not have much impact on him. Shangguan Yun sighed.
"As long as he is not the master of Tiance Mansion, everything will be easy to do. Once there is an abnormal movement at the border pass, then the forces of Tiance can be dispersed. Didn't he have a young mansion master in Tiance Mansion? I remember, his two righteous sons have fought with each other in the past few years because of the position of the young mansion master? This is a good opportunity to weaken the Heavenly Policy. You don't need me to teach you how to do this kind of thing........" Shangguan Wu turned his head and smiled coldly.
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Seeing that the generals in the main hall looked cold and divided into two factions, at this moment, Emperor Wuhou's heart was empty, as if he had stepped into the air, and he fell towards the depths of the endless void.
I was in a daze all the way, and I didn't know how I got out of the council room.
"Can't you imagine that you will do it to me so soon? Old drunkard, as you expected. Once I step out of this Tiance Mansion and want to go back, I'm afraid I won't have a chance. ”
"Your Majesty is still so wary of me, isn't it safe for nearly a hundred years? The timing was just right, in the first battle of Northern Xinjiang, most of the elite of Rong Di were killed, and the king could be said to be justified. The prince's implementation of the festival envoy system is probably also acquiesced in behind your back. As a result, Datang has no reserve army available, and the power of the military department is almost hollowed out. Your Majesty, this move is still superior to you. ”
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Countless thoughts kept passing through his mind, and Emperor Wuhou suddenly figured out why when the prince wantonly implemented the festival envoy system, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military opposed it, but the one who had lived in the deep palace for a long time did not say a word and let it develop. As a result, the Hu generals do not respect the orders of the imperial court, and they have the heart to support the army and respect themselves.
"Bang~~Bang~~Bang~~"
Emperor Wuhou's fingers kept tapping on the table, making a soft sound. I kept thinking about the next steps in my mind.
The Tiance Mansion had been in his hands for a hundred years, and now that he was transferred out of the Tiance Mansion, that person's intention was already obvious. This is the beginning of the Tiance Mansion, and it is necessary to gradually weaken the power of Tiance from the establishment of the Tang Dynasty's army.
I don't know how long it took to come, but a familiar voice came from Di Wuhou's ears:
"Master Hou, the generals in the palace are still arguing about your transfer, how should this matter be handled?"
The voice came from outside the door, full of unease.
"Phew!"
Emperor Wuhou leaned back on the Taishi chair, closed his eyes slightly, and took a deep breath.
"Since Your Majesty's imperial decree has been issued, this time the post of secretary of the Ministry of War must be received."
"But what should Tiance do! Is there no other way? ”
The person outside the door exclaimed, and the look on his face turned pale in an instant.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
Emperor Wuhou did not speak, his expression was calm. He knew better than anyone that once he was transferred out of Tiance Mansion, then His Majesty would inevitably gradually reduce Tiance's troops. Knowing that he didn't feel a threat in Tiance's body.
Tiance Mansion, in the past two hundred years, has been like a fish in the throat in that person's heart. What caused all this was the attitude of the Tiance Mansion on the night His Majesty ascended the throne two hundred years ago.
Tiance has always played an indispensable role in the alternation of imperial power. This is also one of the intentions of His Majesty Taizong to establish Tiance back then. It is not only necessary to protect the safety of the Tang Dynasty, but also to ensure the legitimacy of the inheritance of the imperial throne. But it is precisely this point that the attitude of successive emperors towards Tiance has always been in a deep fear.
"Jianqiu, we don't have time, come in and quickly write a few letters for me. Otherwise, this time, Tiance is very likely to withdraw from the history of Datang. ”
I don't know how long it took, Di Wuhou opened his eyes and said in a deep voice.
"Yes, my subordinates obey!"
The man outside the door bowed. What Emperor Wuhou said was not alarmist. When Emperor Taizong established Tiance Mansion, he didn't want his descendants to repeat their mistakes in Xuanwumen for the sake of the throne. But Taizong never expected that the means of fighting for the throne in later generations would be as good as his own.
"The first letter was to Ge Shuhan of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, telling him that I would leave 70,000 soldiers and horses in the northern Xinjiang to assist him in repairing the northern defense line. Secondly, let Taiyiyuan stay on the defense line of northern Xinjiang, in case Rong Di Kaichun will invade northern Xinjiang again. ”
"Yes, sir!"
"The second letter, the 80,000 Tiance army outside the Yanmen Pass will be transferred to the Anxi Protectorate, I estimate that the imperial court will soon attack Gao Xianzhi, and the Great Bolu Kingdom has recently been very close to the barbarian Tubo State. If Gao Xianzhi is transferred back to the Eastern Capital, the Anxi Protectorate will inevitably have a war with the barbarians. ”
"Tell Ip Man Shui, who is leading the army, that half of the heavy-armored iron cavalry among the generals will be transferred and not be enthroned. Secretly dispatched to the Feather Spirit Army, I will talk about this matter in detail with the Heavenly Feather God General. ”
"What?!"
Hearing this, the pen in Zhu Jianqiu's hand paused, and a trace of surprise instantly appeared on his face.
"But in this way, out of 80,000 horses, there are less than 60,000 left!"
Of all the soldiers and horses in the Tang Dynasty, only the heavy armored cavalry has the strongest combat power. And the heavy armored cavalry in the Tiance army is the trump card of the trump card. How many times did it take these heavily armored cavalry charges to win battle after battle. Now, Emperor Wuhou actually wants to send more than 20,000 heavy armored cavalry to the Yuling Army in vain. This made Zhu Jianqiu, who was the military advisor of Tiance Mansion, very incomprehensible to Emperor Wuhou's approach.
"Don't worry so much, I have my own arrangement, so it's arranged."
There was a hint of undeniable majesty in Di Wuhou's calm voice, and he knew very well what he was doing now. This is planning for the worst, rather than His Majesty personally abolishing the establishment of Tiance in the future, it is better to start putting the elite soldiers and horses in the various capital protectorates now, so as to ensure the peace of the Tang border pass.
Above the court, most important institutions were controlled by Confucianism. And most of them have a lot of words about the wars that have been waged by the soldiers over the years. The Imperial Historical Observatory even presents disarmament concerts every day, many of which are aimed at the Heavenly Strategy.
Including the battle in the northwest a year ago, if it weren't for the Shangguan family's joint imperial history, the Tiance Army would not have almost run out of food and grass on the northern defense line. If it weren't for the help of the Taibao, the tax grain of the three southwestern counties would not have been smoothly sent to the northern defense line.
This time, he was transferred out of the Tiance Mansion, relying only on Xu Changhai and others, and he was by no means the opponent of the Shangguan family and those Confucian ministers in the court. I'm afraid that in just a few years, the Tiance Army will become the second Feather Spirit Army!
Emperor Wuhou spoke slowly, and Zhu Jianqiu's sassy writing sound on the side of the desk never stopped, writing according to Emperor Wuhou's instructions at a very fast speed.
"The fourth letter, help me pass it to Wang Zhonghei of Anton, let him be a good student to supervise the three jiedu envoys under Anton, recently Pinglu and Fanyang counties have poured into many Goryeo descendants, and those three counties are Hu generals, so they have to be guarded against.!"
One order after another kept coming out of Emperor Wuhou's mouth, and the expression on his face became more and more cold.
"There are three other points...... Help me hand it over to Xu Changhai, Yang Ning, and Li Fu. Emperor Wuhou said lightly,
Hearing this, Zhu Jianqiu was stunned, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face. The first four letters were addressed to the various prefectures, and there is no doubt about that. But Xu Changhai and others are in this Tiance Mansion, why do they still write?
But as Emperor Wuhou said the contents, the cold sweat on Zhu Jianqiu's forehead continued to flow down... The content of this really made his heart palpitate!
"In addition, pass on the order, don't get entangled with Shence in the near future. Yongwu waits over there, I'll go and beat him, huh! Just as I, the emperor character Wuhou, was sealed in vain! ”
In the last sentence, Di Wuhou's voice was extremely cold. couldn't help but remind Zhu Jianqiu of the past back then.